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Celebrate Computer Education Week Posted by: halvormj / December 5, 2018 Image: Halvorson discusses software and online learning with a student at PLU. December 5, 2018 By Michael Halvorson, ’85 This week is Computer Science Education Week (Dec. 3-Dec. 9) in the United States. I helped celebrate on Monday at the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science at the University of Washington in Seattle. The event was sponsored by Code.org, an important non-profit organization committed to training

Being a Scholar-Teacher and a Teacher-Scholar Posted by: alex.reed / May 4, 2022 May 4, 2022 By Erin McKennaOriginally Published in 2014If you read the acknowledgements of the books that I’ve written, you will notice that I always thank some group of students for their help and insights. With The Task of Utopia, I thanked a particular class of students who were taking social and political philosophy with me as I made the final revisions on that book. While I did not teach the book itself, we

Celebrate Computer Science Education Week Posted by: halvormj / December 5, 2018 Image: Halvorson discusses software and online learning with a student at PLU. December 5, 2018 By Michael Halvorson, ’85 This week is Computer Science Education Week (Dec. 3-Dec. 9) in the United States. I helped celebrate on Monday at the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science at the University of Washington in Seattle. The event was sponsored by Code.org, an important non-profit organization committed to

).” As part of the 46-member 2015 Class of Emerging Leaders, Griek will receive exclusive access to a pool of grant funds designed to support innovative approaches to whole-child education and to help emerging leaders grow professionally. The 2015 Emerging Leader class is diverse both professionally and regionally. The class includes educators from 21 states, Indonesia and Pakistan who hold a variety of roles, including principal, teacher, consultant, curriculum director and administrator. Griek is

Teacher/Coach/Award-Winning Alumnus Inducted into National High School Hall of Fame Posted by: Sandy Dunham / August 21, 2015 Image: PLU President Thomas W. Krise, right, presents Mike Burton ’69 with the 2014 Distinguished Alumnus Award. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) August 21, 2015 By Matthew Salzano ’18PLU student writer TACOMA, Wash. (Aug. 21, 2015)—Mike Burton ’69 has been inducted into the National High School Hall of Fame for his 39 years of service as a national-award-winning speech and

PLU’s MediaLab recognized for latest documentary film about higher education Posted by: Kari Plog / February 26, 2016 Image: MediaLab member Natalie DeFord (left) interviews engineer and former Canadian astronaut Julie Payette in Montreal, Quebec. (Photo courtesy of MediaLab) February 26, 2016 By Amanda Williams '16MediaLab General Manager, special to PLU NewsTACOMA, WASH. (Feb. 26, 2016)- MediaLab, the applied research and media production program at Pacific Lutheran University, has received

wing you come from.” But it isn’t just a matter of legislation and blame can’t be placed solely on corporations and governments, Barlow said. The fault lies with all of us, and all of us buying into “the myth of abundance.” First our attitude toward water needs to change, and then we need to see how water relates to other issues, such as education or political exploitation. “Water is the great teacher. It opens everything,” Barlow said. “Dare I say, we have to start seeing water as sacred.” Read

PLU alumnus, Tacoma teacher draws from his own tough life lessons to inspire students in similar situations Posted by: Kari Plog / March 17, 2016 Image: Joshua Cushman speaking as part of the Wang Center Symposium “The Countenance of Hope” at PLU, on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016. (Photo: John Froschauer/PLU) March 17, 2016 By Brooke Thames '18PLU Marketing & CommunicationsTACOMA, WASH. (March 17, 2016)- Joshua Cushman ’08 stood in front of a crowd at the Wang Center Symposium last month and recalled

Special education teacher Erin Azama ’01, MAE ’06 discusses her distance learning transition Posted by: Marcom Web Team / July 8, 2020 Image: Special Ed Teacher Erin Azama poses by an art themed sculpture (Photo/John Froschauer) July 8, 2020 By Lora ShinnMarketing & Communications Guest WriterErin Azama ’01, MAE '06 is a special education teacher at Grant Center for the Expressive Arts, an arts-focused elementary school in Tacoma’s North End. She works with children from kindergarten to fifth

Franklin Pierce School District joins innovative Seed Teacher program to promote equitable education The Seed Teachers program establishes teacher pathways by recruiting high school seniors from the local community Posted by: mhines / November 21, 2023 Image: The first Seed Teacher program cadre started at PLU in the fall of 2023. (Photo by Sharon Ho Chang) November 21, 2023 Franklin Pierce School District (FPS) announces it is joining the innovative Seed Teachers program, a transformative